Barrel hoisting and tilting device



F. A. SEBRING.

BARREL HOISTING AND TILTING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 4. ma.

1,31 1,094. Patented July 22, 1919.

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F. A. SEBRING.

BARREL HOISTING AND TILTING DEVICE.

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FRED A. SEE-RING, on GRANITE FALLS, MINNESOTA.

BARREL HOISTING AND TILTING- DEVICE.

To all whom it mag concern; l g r Be it known-that I, FRED A. SEEKING, a citizen .of the United States, residing at Granite Falls, in the county ofYellow Medicine and State of Minnesota, have in-.

vented new and useful Improvements in Barrel Hoistingand Tilting Devices, of

. which thefollowing is a specification.

improved device of this character whichis simple in construction, which may be readily manufactured at small cost, and by means of which a barrel can be easily raised and tilted.

With the above and other OlO]6CtS in view,

. the invention consists in the construction,

combination and .rrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of a barrel hoisting and tilting device constructed and arranged in accordance with myinvention, and showing the same with the cradle in normal vertical position in full lines and in raised, tilting position in dotted lines, a gasolene barrel being also indicated in dotted lines in position in the cradle.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the same.

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the same. 1

Fig. 4 is a detail view of the pintle.

In the embodiment of my invention, a ground frame 1 is here shown which comprises a pair of sills 1 and a pair of cross bars 2, 3 which are secured to the sills at points near the ends thereof. A pair of supporting standards/1 are secured to the sills at a suitable distance from the cross bar 2. Saidvstandards are connected together near their upper ends by a cross bar 5 and are also provided with braces 6. A pair of uprights 7 are secured to the rear cross bar 3 and are provided with braces 8 and a connecting cross bar 9. Double pulleys 10 are secured between uprights 7 near the upper ends of said uprights and double pulleys 11 are secured between the uprights at a distance below the pulleys 10. A drum 12 has its axle shaft mounted in Specification of Letters Patent. 1 Application filed-May 4, 1918. Serial No. 232,538.

Patented ul 22, 1919.

bearings in the uprights, at points between thepulleys l0 and 11. The drum shaft is provided at one end with a ratchet wheel 13 and also with a hand crank 14. A dog 15 is also provided for engaging the ratchet wheel and locking the drum against rotati'on. Y

I also provide a cradle 16 for holding, hoisting and tilting the barrel. This cradle is here shown as comprising a base frame 17 and vertical bars 18 at the front end of the base frame. Said vertical bars are connected at their lower ends by across bar 19 and [are also connected together by curved lower andupper bars 20, 21 which are adapted to bear against the barrel placed on the base frame. A cross bar 22 which has a curved central portion, is secured to the upper and curved bar 21 and is provided with rearwardly extending end portions 24 which are secured to the upper curved bar 21 and also to the vertical arms 25 of a yoke member 2 6, said yoke member as well as the bars 19, 20,21 and 22 being made of iron. The bar 22 is provided with spindles 27 which have their bearings in the upper portions of the standards 4 and form horizontal pivots for the cradle on which the latter is adapted to turn, so that the cradle can be arranged either in vertical position or in raised and inclined position in order to hoist and tilt a gasolene or other barrel placed thereon.

A hoisting cord or cable 28 is attached to the crossbar 19 of the cradle, is engaged with the double pulleys 10, 11 and is also connected to the winding drum 12.

A fender 29 which engages said hoisting cord or cable is secured at the rear side of thebase frame of the cradle and bears on said cord or cradle. It will be understood that by appropriately turning the drum, the cord and pulleys will coact with the drum toraise one end of the cradle and also the barrel or other container placed on the cradle and hoist the barrel and tilt the same to enable the contents thereof to be readily dispensed as required. Any suitable hoisting means may be employed for the cradle with in the scope of my invention and any suitable hoisting tackle may be substituted for the pulleys herein shown and described.

To securely hold the barrel in place on the cradle I provide adjustable hooks 30 at the upper ends of the vertical arms of the yoke. Said-hooks are adapted to engage over the upper edge of the wall of the barrel and are provided with slots 31 Bolts 32 extend through said slots and adjustably secure the hooks on the arms of the yoke, said bolts being provided with thumb nuts 33 as shown.

To prevent the cradle and the barrel thereon from being hoisted and tilted by an unauthorized person I provide one of the standards 4 with a keeper 34 which has an opening 35. I also provide a lock arm 36 on one side of the yoke and which has a slot 37 through which the keeper extends when the cradle is in lowered vertical position. The shackle of a padlock can be passed through the opening of the keeper and when the lock is fastened it serves to effectually secure the cradle and barrel against being tampered with.

While I have herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of my invention, I

would have it understood that changes may i be made in the form, proportion and combination of the several parts, without departing from the spirit of my invention, and within the scope of the appended claim.

I claim In a barrel hoisting and tilting device, a base, a pair of spaced uprights, a cradle comprising a bottom, strips rising from said bottom and arranged in the arc of -a circle, curved bands secured to all of said strips, a yoke having its cross piece connected to the bottom of said cradle, and its parallel arms secured to said curved bands adjacent the extremities thereof, adjustable hooks arranged upon said arms, a U-sha-ped element 7 arranged in advance of the cradle and having a curved intermediate portion secured to one of said bands, the ends of said element projecting r'earwardly and secured to said band and p-intles projecting at right angles from the ends of said element and journaled in said uprights.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FRED A. *S-EBRING.

Copies of this patent may be obtained. *for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

